Coin related Novel

JCMhouston

So I was in one of those 80% off bookstores looking for some books for my youngest daughter (she's 26 but reads 4-5 books a week). I saw a cover that looked interesting, "The System of the World", by Neal Stephenson, anybody know him?

He must be a collector, or really did his research, as he has woven in a fair account of the state of coinage in the UK in the late 17th/ e. 18th century. He's discusing the making of coins, quality, value of gold/silver and all of the changes occuring during hths period. I'm only about 50 pages in to it but interesting so far.

Stork

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I knew his name sounded familiar. Snow Crash got alot of attention and I always meant to read it, but never did (corresponded to a rather heavy education time for me).

Did you get the whole series or just pick up that one, and if you did start that one is it a good stand alone read? Sounds interesting!


Cathy

JCMhouston

They only had the one volume in, I am going to look online to try to find the others though. So far it seems ok as a standalone, at least I don't notice that I'm missing anything.

ormandh

Speaking of this subject, has anyone seen the German movie "The Counterfeiter"? It is about a guy during WWII in a Jewish concentration camp who was forced to make counterfeit money for the Nazis to financially support the war. It apparently is based on a true story. Looking forward to seeing the movie and would love to add a piece of his to my collection. -Dan